Ron, Apparently you are not a woodworker. There isn't a machine on the planet that can do a better job of finely cut dovetails by hand or a surface of a cabinet polished to a mirror smoothness with a hand plane.
I do a lot of hand joinery as my other hobby and although I am not as skilled as some of the greats, I have done work that I could never do as well using my powered tools -- and, I have a fairly elaborate wood working shop, certainly more money invested then in my ham radio gear. 73, phil, K7PEH On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Using a straight key (or bug) is like using a hand plane and chisels to make > furniture. The end result will never be as perfect as something done with > power tools, but the satisfaction is in the challenge of learning to do the > best job possible with something that demands physical skill. > > I am immediately alerted whenever I hear a bug or straight key on the bands. > I find keyers boring by comparison. Not that I won't work someone sending > machine-perfect CW and enjoy the contact, but to me it's like listening to a > "computer voice" instead of a real person speaking. > > I quite agree that the skill in working QRP goes to the receiving station. I > get a much bigger personal thrill out of achieving Q5 copy from a guy > running 100 mW than I do when someone reports Q5 copy when I'm running 100 > mW. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pete Smith > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts? > > And I think a lot of the "skill" should be credited to the ops on the > other end who manage to pull out the QRP stations. That said, operator > skill is particularly important for any QRP station - I will never > understand why many still use straight keys, badly formed cw, and > unnecessary verbiage (like "/QRP", for example). > > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
